Louis jeusette



(No Model.)

L. JEUSETTE & D. .D. & H. HENRARD. BARREL LOOK FOR BREAKDOWN GUNS.

Patented Apr. 30, 1889.

UN TE ST nTEs PATENT. Orrici LOUIS JEUSETTE, DIEU DONNF. HENRARD, AND HENRI HENRARD, OF

HERSTAL, BELGIUM.

BARREL- LOOK FOR BREAKDOWN G U NS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,330, dated April 30, 1889.

Application filed November 20, 1888. Serial No. 291,361. (No model.) Patented in Belgium June 20, 1888, No. 82,269 5 in France November 2, 1888, No. 193,849, and in England November 8, 1888, No. 16,176.

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, LOUIS J EUSETTE, DIEU Donne HENRARD, and HENRI HEN- RARD, subjects of the King of Belgium, residing at Herstal, Belgium, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Closing Mechanisms for so-called Breakdown Guns, (for which we have obtained a patent in Belgium, hearing date the 20th of June, 1888, No. 82,269; in France November 2, 1888, No. 193,849, and in England November 8, 1888, No. 16,17 6,) of which the following is a-specification.

Our invention consists in an improved mechanism for looking or closing the breech of so-called breakdown guns. The mechanism is operated either from a top lever, as shown in the arrangement illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, or by a bottom lever, as shown in the arrangement illustrated in Fig 6.

The mechanism is composed mainly of the said lever and of two guides connected by means of ties to the locking-bolts, which guides are arranged horizontally in and transversely to the breech mechanism of the gun. When the lever is at rest, as shown, both locking-bolts engage with a corresponding opening formed in the projection of the barrel.

Fig. 1 is a horizontal section of the mechanism on the line A B, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line C D, Fig. 1, through the guides and locking-bolts. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line E F, Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4. shows the locking-bolts o en, with the lever and the projection or hook of the barrel in section. Fig. 5 is a section of Fig. 4 on the line G H. Fig. 6 shows a modification in vertical section with the same arrangement of guides and bolts, but operated by a bottom lever.

The top lever, a, Fig. 1, is fast on apin, b. The latter is provided at its lower end with a cross-head, a" a", the arms of which are engaged, respectively, in suitable openings formed in the guiding-pins c d of the locking-bolts c d. The guiding pins c (7, are con= nected to the locking-bolts c (1, respectively, by means of ties c" d, which are sunk into the sides of the breakdown portion m of the gun, as seen in Fig. 3. When the top lever,

a, is at rest, both locking-bolts 0 cl, Figs. 2-

and 3, engage an opening, e,of the lug e and prevent the barrel f of the gun from moving on its center pin, h, Fig. 1. The mechanism then assumes the position shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and the ties c d are seated in the said portion at and are flush therewith.

In order to break the gun down, the top lever, a, is moved from left to right. The arms of the cross-head o, a" follow this motion of the said lever, and the guiding-pins c d, bein g actuated by the said cross-head, slide in the openings of the portion mtoward the outside and carry with them the ties c d, which also move the locking-bolts c d outwardly. The said bolts 0 (1 also being guided in the portion at the hook or lug e is liberated, (see Fig. 4,) and the gun can be made to break down. As long as the top lever, a, has not reassumed its normal position, the ties c 61 project beyond the sides of the portion m. The ties can thus also act as indicators for the complete closing of the gun. The internal ends of the locking-bolts c d, Figs. 2 and 4, are beveled, so as to enable the gun to be closed without requiring the top lever to be operated by hand, the hook or lug e causing the bolts 0 (Z to separate automatically upon moving the barrel, so as to close the gun.

Fig. 6 illustrates another arrangement of the lever a. In this modification the lever a, is under the trigger-guard. Otherwise the mechanism is exactly similar to the one previously described, and operates in a similar manner to the same.

We claim--- A closing mechanism for so-called breakdown guns, consisting of the combination of a lug, e, on the barrel, guiding-pins c d, seated in the breech-frame and adapted to be reciprocated transversely thereto in corresponding openings in the breech-frame, ties c to which these pins are severally connected,

locking-bolts c d, severally connected to said In testimony whereof We affix ursignatures ties and seated in the breech-frame, a lever, in presence of two witnesses.

a, arranged as described, a cross-head, a, a, LOUIS J EUSETTE.

acted upon by said lever and serving to DIEU DON NE HENRARD. move transversely of the breech-frame the HENRI HENRARD.

said guiding-pins c d, ties c" d, and bolts WVitnesses:

c d, substantially as shown and described, and VVM. S. PRESTON,

for the purposes set forth. A. L. CANU. 

